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Is the Man Rune always male?

Posted on October 6, 2025

No, there is a Grandfather Mortal AND Grandmother Mortal in many stories. So the gods made Grandfather Mortal and Grandmother Mortal collectively. Now this tracks with Mayan mythology, as detailed in the…

Erlandus

Husband of Erlanda, Mother of Kings Write up Page Year Runes Notes Guide to Glorantha 278, 279 2014 None listed Gods Wall IV-22 The Glorious Reascent of Yelm 63 1993 None listed…

Ebe

Father of the Four Hundred Sacred Races Write up Page Year Runes Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed AKA: Grandfather Mortal, Majadan (Vithela) Prosopaedia 32 2023 Kralorelan Equivalencies post 2022…

The Man Rune

Posted on December 3, 2022

The Man Rune is the Form of all mortal sentient beings. The races of the Man Rune include trolls, elves, runners, dwarves, ducks, beastfolk, and triolini, as well as humans. It does…

Rebel Gods

Destroyers and Upstarts Their leader is Orlanth, and the others include Death, Trickster, Grandfather Mortal, and the Chaos gods. Write up Page Year Runes Notes Prosopaedia 103 2023 None listed Prosopaedia entry…

Phargon

The Father of Tritons Write up Page Year Runes Personal Glyph Notes Prosopaedia 98 2023 n/a Glorantha:Introduction to the Hero Wars 217 2000 None listed Sea god Gods of Glorantha, Prosopaedia 1985…

Old Man / Old Woman

The First Person In prehistoric times Old Man was a companion of Trickster and a friend of all the world. Whatever he did then all humans must do now. Write up Page…

Murthdrya

Goddess of Sea Elves, Sea-Aldrya Write up Page Year Runes Notes Earth Goddesses 86 2023 per Rune spell Associate cult:Flamal Prosopaedia 87 2023 Gods of Glorantha Previews 83 2019 None listed As…

Grandfather Mortal

Old Man, father of all mortals Write up Page Year Runes PersonalGlyph Notes Fire & Sky 11 2025 None listed n/a AKA: Ebe (Kralorela), Majadan (Vithela) Mythology 130 2023 n/a Genealogy of…

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